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Over the course of history, plant materials have been utilized for healing various ailments. The knowledge derived from traditional medicine has proven invaluable, serving as a foundational resource for drug discovery and design. However, the journey from screening natural products to the development of drugs is a prolonged and demanding process. Fortunately, with the emergence of sophisticated analytical techniques and the establishment of global databases containing information on thousands of natural products, the screening and discovery of bioactive compounds from complex sample mixtures have become more time-efficient and less labor-intensive. In particular, the non-targeted metabolomics approach proves advantageous, offering a comprehensive analysis of a wide range of compounds, aiding in the detection of both known and unknown substances. This approach is especially beneficial for gaining a thorough understanding of the pattern of metabolites found in Arctic and Antarctic vegetation, among the least explored areas on Earth. Here, we employed a non-targeted metabolomics approach to analyze the chemical components in Antarctic mosses. While many of the compounds could not be predicted, some were identified as therapeutic agents, with a few exhibiting pharmacological properties such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antilipemic, anti-diabetic, anti-adepogenic, and neuroprotective effects. Notably, we predicted that one moss sample produced desulfiram, an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism, and methyl palmitate, well-known for its anti-inflammatory potency, could be detected in many of the samples. Furthermore, we experimentally verified the therapeutic potential of Antarctic moss extracts by conducting a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition assay, assessing their potent anti-inflammatory activity. Indeed, two of the moss samples exhibited significant COX-2 inhibitory potency. Hence, our findings emphasize the advantage of metabolomics in providing insight into the potential of Antarctic moss as a valuable natural resource for the discovery and development of potent therapeutics. Additional research is due in order to identify and define the particular bioactive compounds accountable for the observed effects.

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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Moss sample processing and extraction
2.3. Untargeted metabolomics
2.4. Raw data processing and molecular network building
2.5. COX-2 inhibition asssay
2.6. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary analysis of metabolites
3.2. Untargeted metabolomics
3.3. COX-2 inhibition activity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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• Kristina Lama [ Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Sun Moon University/Bio Bigdata-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, Sun Moon University ]
• Ryoichi Yamada [ Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Sun Moon University/Bio Bigdata-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, Sun Moon University ]
• Hirotake Yamaguchi [ Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Sun Moon University/Bio Bigdata-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, Sun Moon University ]
• Tae-Jin Oh [ Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Sun Moon University/Bio Bigdata-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, Sun Moon University/ Genome-based BioIT Convergence Institute, Sun Moon University ] Corresponding Author

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• 간행물명

  The Journal of Sciences and Innovation for Sustainable Peace(구 The journal of Hyojeong Academia)

• 간기

  반년간

• pISSN

  2982-9305

• 수록기간

  2023~2026

• 십진분류

  KDC 238 DDC 289